Thursday, December 3, 2015

Our meeting this month is just a week away! We will be meeting next Thursday, December 10th at 7pm at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center. Please note this is not the Kauffman Performing Arts Center. The meeting is at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center which is located at 4801 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110.

This month's meeting will feature our holiday party, a swap-a-rama, and the 1-hour basket gift exchange if you chose to participate. The proposed changes to the bylaws will be presented as well.

CHARITY PROJECTS

KCK Police Department Donations:

This year we'll be creating stuffed animals to donate to the KCK Police Department. These stuffed animals we will be donating will be taken by police officers and given to children who are in scary situations. This could be domestic violence, car accidents, or any other situation where receiving something special could help a child cope with something that could be very frightening. Kristin Marciniak has started two pinterest boards where you can find patterns or tutorials for projects that would be appropriate for this charity program. KCMQG Plushie Patterns (FREE) and KCMQG Plushie Patterns (Paid). If you are working on a project and need some stuffing, contact Kristin Marciniak. Also, please do not use buttons for eyes. Use safety eyes, embroider them, or leave them off completely. The collection for this project is at the December meeting.

In addition to the stuffed animals projects, the community service committee has decided to also make and donate some quilts to the KCK police department. These will go to the victim's advocate service, which will pair people who have been through trauma with a quilt. Quilts should be throw-sized: big enough to wrap around yourself when you are cold/scared, but not big enough to cover a bed. These will be going to people of all ages. If you have a quilt all ready to go, please contact Jacquie Gering.

Community Service Sew Day

The Community Service Committee is holding a sewing day on Sunday, December 13th from 11-5 in Room 6 at the Roeland Park Community Center. All guild members are invited to work on stuffed animals and quilts for the KCK police department, as well as drawstring bags and little pads for Africa.

OFFICER TEAM & COMMITTEE CHAIRS

There will be opportunities to become a committee chair or a member of the board in 2016. If you are interested in becoming a leader within the guild, please let us know! Please reach out to us at the guild email account (kcmodernquiltguild@gmail.com) for more information.

KANSAS CITY REGIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL

The results of the survey were posted to the MQG Community site recently. If you'd like to see them, visit this link.

If we participate as a guild, we need someone to represent the guild at KCRQF meetings. If you're interested in being this person, please send an email to the guild account (kcmodernquiltguild@gmail.com).

CHALLENGES

One Hour-Basket Holiday Swap

Participants will be asked to make a One Hour Basket using a given fat quarter as the lining.

They can make the outside and handles out of coordinating fabric(s). It may be pieced, appliquéd, embellished, or left plain.

If you missed swapping fat quarters at the October meeting, bring your fat quarter in a brown paper bag and we'll swap again this month.

December meeting: Bring back finished basket filled with a small gift ($10.00ish). Wrap the whole thing up and include a tag wihich includes To: and From:information.

Swap-a-Rama

Have fabric that you'd like to trade? Bring it to the December guild meeting for Swap-a-rama! Bring your scraps in a Ziploc bag (quart to gallon size) & check them in before the meeting. You'll be given a ticket that will correspond to one of the tables set up within the room. When it's time to swap, go to the table your ticket corresponds with & the moderator will announce that the swap is open. You'll be broken into groups alphabetically by last name and given 3 minutes to find the Ziploc bag you'd like to take.

Monday, November 30, 2015

Our latest guild meeting was held on November 12, 2015 at the Roeland Park Community Center.

OFFICER TEAM & COMMITTEE CHAIRS

There
will be opportunities to become a committee chair or a member of the
board in 2016. If you are interested in becoming a leader within the
guild, please let us know! Please reach out to us at the guild email
account (kcmodernquiltguild@gmail.com) for more information.

KANSAS CITY REGIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL

The results of the survey will be posted to the MQG Community site soon.

If we participate as a guild, we need someone to represent the guild at KCRQF meetings. If you're interested in being this person, please send an email to the guild account (kcmodernquiltguild@gmail.com).

CHARITY PROJECTS

Stuffed Animals Project:

This
year we'll be creating stuffed animals to donate to the KCK Police
Department. These stuffed animals we will be donating will be taken by
police officers and given to children who are in scary situations. This
could be domestic violence, car accidents, or any other situation where
receiving something special could help a child cope with something that
could be very frightening. Kristin Marciniak has started two pinterest
boards where you can find patterns or tutorials for projects that would
be appropriate for this charity program. KCMQG Plushie Patterns (FREE) and KCMQG Plushie Patterns (Paid). The first collection for this project will take place at the December meeting.

The
community service comittee will also be collecting throw size quilts
for the KCK police department. These will go to the victim's advocate
service, which will pair people who have been through trauma with a
quilt. These quilts should be big enough to wrap around yourself when
you are cold/scared, but not big enough to cover a bed. These will will
be going to people of all ages. If you have a quilt ready to go,
please contact Jacquie Gering.

CHALLENGES & SWAPS

Clue Challenge

The reveal for the Clue challenge happened at the last meeting.
The winners were chosen by the contestants who had the most matching
elements to the cards drawn. The three winners of the challenge were
Stephanie Dodson, Kristin Marciniak, and Angela Garrison.

One Hour-Basket Holiday Swap

Participants will be asked to make a One Hour Basket using a given fat quarter as the lining.

They can make the outside and handles out of coordinating fabric(s). It may be pieced, appliquéd, embellished, or left plain.

December meeting: Bring back finished basket filled with a small gift ($10.00ish). Wrap the whole thing up and include a tag wihich includes To: and From:information.

Swap-a-Rama

Have fabric that you'd like to trade? Bring it to the December guild meeting for Swap-a-rama! Bring your scraps in a Ziploc bag (quart to gallon size) & check them in before the meeting. You'll
be given a ticket that will correspond to one of the tables set up
within the room. When it's time to swap, go to the table your ticket
corresponds with & the moderator will announce that the swap is
open. You'll be broken into groups alphabetically by last name and
given 3 minutes to find the Ziploc bag you'd like to take.

The
guild recently acquired a GO! Cutter and an assortment of dies to use
with it. This will be available for our members to use at retreats and
sew days. If you'd like to see which dies the guild owns, how big to
precut fabric, and other useful information about the GO! cutter, you
can find a spreadsheet with this information on the guild's Facebook page.

Price
is $105 without dinners (breakfasts included) or $135 with dinners (and
breakfast also included). Lunches are not provided. Retreat runs from
10am on January 22nd until noon on January 24th. Sign-ups went out on Monday. If you didn't receive that email, this is the link to sign up.

Yes? Good to go? Regardless, it's a good idea to listen to the judging and jurying webinar panel with
Jacquie Gering, Stevii Graves, Shannon Page and Heather Grant. The crew
talks about submitting entries, preparing quilts, and so much more. Catch it on Community. Find the submission form here.

Monday, November 9, 2015

Our meeting this month is just a few days away! We will be meeting this Thursday, November 12th at 7pm at the Roeland Park Community Center.

This
month's meeting will include a little guild business, some national MQG
news, a budget vote, the Clue Challenge reveal, a little about the
guild's GO! Cutter, some committee group work, show and tell, and some
giveaways.

We
will not be discussing or answering questions regarding budgets at the
meeting. If you have questions, please email them to Lesley at the
guild email (kcmodernquiltguild@gmail.com) before the meeting. If you haven't had a chance to look over the proposed budget, you can find it attached to this email.

We
are currently considering if our guild will participate in the 2017
KCRQF and to what extent. We would love your opinions and are looking
for some interested leaders, should we choose to participate. If you are
that person we need to know. Please take this quick survey before November 15. The board will be reviewing the results at our next board meeting. Thank you for your consideration.

CHARITY PROJECTS

Stuffed Animals Project:

This
year we'll be creating stuffed animals to donate to the KCK Police
Department. These stuffed animals we will be donating will be taken by
police officers and given to children who are in scary situations. This
could be domestic violence, car accidents, or any other situation where
receiving something special could help a child cope with something that
could be very frightening. Kristin Marciniak has started two pinterest
boards where you can find patterns or tutorials for projects that would
be appropriate for this charity program. KCMQG Plushie Patterns (FREE) and KCMQG Plushie Patterns (Paid). We are planning to collect the stuffed animals twice a year, with the first collection happening sometime in the late fall.

CHALLENGES

Clue Challenge

Make a quilt no larger than 42"x42" inspired by three Clue Cards - a suspect, a weapon and a room.

There
are no sign-ups, so feel free to choose your three Clue Cards on your
own. If you missed picking a card in person, you can find all of the
characters, weapons, and rooms and pick your favorites by visiting this link.

Reveal will be at the November meeting.

One Hour-Basket Holiday Swap

Participants will be asked to make a One Hour Basket using a given fat quarter as the lining.

They can make the outside and handles out of coordinating fabric(s). It may be pieced, appliquéd, embellished, or left plain.

Friday, October 2, 2015

Our meeting this month is just under a week away! We will be meeting next Thursday, October 8th at 7pm. Don't forget, we are back to meeting at Roeland Park Community Center this month.

We are looking for a member to act as our meeting photographer in the coming months. If you are interested in volunteering as the guild photographer, please contact Maggie Aisenbrey at mpaisenbrey@gmail.com.

We are currently considering if our guild will participate in the 2017 KCRQF and to what extent. We would love your opinions and are looking for some interested leaders, should we choose to participate. If you are that person we need to know. Please take this quick survey before November 15. The board will be reviewing the results at our next board meeting. Thank you for your consideration.

CHARITY PROJECTS

Quilt Con Charity Quilt:

The theme of this year's charity quilt project for QuiltCon 2016 is "Improv with Intent." If you're interested in contributing to this project, make a strata to turn in at the October guild meeting. The rules are:

Make sure prints and accent colors only include colors in our palette.

Strata should be at least 12"x12", but can be bigger.

Please note the deadline for the Quilt Con Charity quilt is this month's meeting. Kristin Marciniak put together a handy sheet of guidelines for this project. You can find a copy of it attached to the reminder email which was sent to you.

Stuffed Animals Project:

This year we'll be creating stuffed animals to donate to the KCK Police Department. These stuffed animals we will be donating will be taken by police officers and given to children who are in scary situations. This could be domestic violence, car accidents, or any other situation where receiving something special could help a child cope with something that could be very frightening. Kristin Marciniak has started two pinterest boards where you can find patterns or tutorials for projects that would be appropriate for this charity program. KCMQG Plushie Patterns (FREE) and KCMQG Plushie Patterns (Paid). We are planning to collect the stuffed animals twice a year, with the first collection happening sometime in the late fall.

CHALLENGES

Clue Challenge

Make a quilt no larger than 42"x42" inspired by three Clue Cards - a suspect, a weapon and a room.

There are no sign-ups, so feel free to choose your three Clue Cards on your own. If you missed picking a card in person, you can find all of the characters, weapons, and rooms and pick your favorites by visiting this link.

Reveal will be at the November meeting.

One Hour-Basket Holiday Swap

Participants will be asked to make a One Hour Basket using a given fat quarter as the lining.

They can make the outside and handles out of coordinating fabric(s). It may be pieced, appliquéd, embellished, or left plain.